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YOU can make a difference

“You can’t save the whole world”

I have heard those words often. And maybe you recognize them too.

But you know what? You don’t have to. Because imagine if every person helped another person. With something small. A meal. A glass of clean drinking water. A safe place. A listening ear. Then the world changes. Every day, a little bit.

In the beginning, I sometimes felt discouraged by such remarks: “There are already so many foundations“, “You won’t achieve anything with it“, and “You’d better just focus on your own country“.

But deep down, I knew: this is a calling. A voice that says: go ahead. Do it anyway. And today, I see what happens when you follow your inner voice. BOOST The World Foundation started small, messy, with trial and error. It was not an easy start. But we kept going. And slowly it grew, stronger, more impactful. Now we see results that change lives:

  • Healthy food on a plate that otherwise would not have been there
  • Drinking water that gives hope and saves lives
  • A safe place where people come together, grow, and laugh.

For you, perhaps, self-evident. For many, a miracle.

Heart-centered leadership

All this begins with heart-centered leadership: living and leading from your heart.

Not from fear or lack, but from trust and connection.

Because when you truly live from your heart, you naturally become a good person for those around you. Your neighbor who feels seen. Your colleague who gets a listening ear. A student who learns how to stay closer to their own heart.

Helping one person can create a ripple that touches dozens of others. This is how a chain reaction of love and impact arises.

Your role

That is why my call to you today is: choose where you will make a difference.

  • Perhaps by becoming a volunteer at our foundation here in the Netherlands, where you can directly impact multiple lives
  • Perhaps by extending a helping hand to someone in your own street or village
  • Or simply by living more from your heart yourself, so that your children, friends, and colleagues take that energy with them.

We provide training to students to make them aware of that connection with their heart. Because a new generation that lives from love and awareness has the power to truly change the world.

And it doesn’t start far away. It starts today. Right here. With me. With YOU!

So… what difference are you going to make today?

With love, Rosanne van Zalingen
BOOST The World Foundation

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Will You Be Part of Something Powerful?

Every child deserves a healthy start and a bright future

 

BOOSTING THE WORLD TOGETHER

New year, new round, new opportunities. A new board, new goals, and new developments on the estate. You’ll read all about it in this newsletter.

We have a new internet domain

Since the beginning of September, we have a new domain name: boosttheworld.org If you still refer to boosttheworld.com, you’ll automatically be redirected to the new domain. “.com” sounds too commercial to us, while .org is more reserved for non-profit organizations. Which, of course, we are.

Introducing the new Board

Since the end of August, the BOOST The World Foundation has a new board that has started off decisively. We’d like to introduce our board members to you here:

Rosanne van Zalingen

Our dedicated founder, remains our inspiring chair. She founded BOOST The World in 2019, just before the Covid-19 crisis struck. She is now supported by two capable and driven fellow board members.

Ivo Kemmink

He has agreed to take on the position of secretary, while also overseeing the expansions of our Hoedspruit estate. We call Ivo our community builder. He brings with him a wealth of experience in development work.

Tom de Zwart

A skilled bookkeeper, was eager to take on the role of treasurer. He immediately brought everything into order and prepared a solid 2024 annual report, which was formally adopted by the new Board.

 

Rosanne, Ivo and Tom, a very warm welcome and best of luck.

Our Vision

By 2030, 500,000 young people worldwide will have experienced a transformative BOOST journey, in which they are trained and guided into leadership with a heart, focused on love, care, and wisdom.

To realize this vision, we aim to reach groups of young people each year through both online and offline programs, with every group inspiring an ever-growing new group.

This creates the following exponential growth model for the coming five years:

In the year …
we will have reached cumulatively …

2026 – 150 young people
2027 – 1,150 young people
2028 – 8,700 young people
2029 – 66,000 young people
2030 – 500,000 young people

You can read this policy plan in more detail on our website under About us.

And how are things in Hoedspruit, South Africa?

Things are going well. The vegetable garden (nursery) is thriving and already producing plenty of fruits and vegetables. A second nursery is currently being established.

As spring has just begun and the hot summer weather is on its way, there is now a great need for water, not only to irrigate the plants through a proper system, but also to enjoy a refreshing shower after work in these high temperatures.

WATER – WATER – WATER

Hoedspruit is not connected to any kind of water supply system. At the moment, they rely on a water truck that, from time to time, brings water over a long distance, which is then pumped into a large 1,000-liter water tank at our location.

Our great wish is to drill a borehole and pump up our own water from a depth between 40 and 120 meters, and to install a second water tank. Drilling such a borehole requires expertise (specialists) and the right equipment (drilling rig, submersible pump, connection to electricity, and so on).

We are talking about a required amount of approximately €24.000. Naturally, we are very much in need of the support of donors and sponsors to make this possible. On our website, you will find the DONATE button.

Crowdfunding

We will also be making more intensive use of crowdfunding. Due to the low costs, we have chosen the crowdfunding platform WhyDonate. Many of the sub-projects in Hoedspruit can be found there.

The most important project is the connection to the national electricity grid, the required transformer, and a complete system with solar panels. Take a look here. In particular, we would like to call on employees of Dutch energy companies to contribute. They, more than anyone else, understand what energy means when you don’t have it…

Other projects for which we would like to organize fundraising campaigns on WhyDonate include:

Every contribution, no matter how big or small, is most welcome and deeply appreciated. Thank you very much.

You have the power to change the future of a child. Let’s do this together.

Together, we’re building a land full of opportunity.

With gratitude,
Team BOOST The World

Help us by DONATING!

PS: BOOST The World Foundation is a registered public benefit foundation (ANBI in The Netherlands). Your donation may be tax deductible. Ask us how!